Many races for the third railway crossing, in particular those for the tunnels between Liguria and Piedmont, would have been rigged "constantly".
For this the gup of Genoa has indicted over 30 people.
Among these Pietro Salini, CEO of WeBuild (accused of auction disruption);
Giandomenico Monlievo (auction disruption and corruption), entrepreneur and son of the former state accountant Andrea (the latter under investigation for auction disruption, allegedly sponsored his son);
Ettore Incalza (auction disruption), historic 'grand commìs' of maxi-works, which he would have spent on Monlievo.
Other entrepreneurs include Stefano Perotti and Duccio Astaldi.
The judicial process on the Terzo Valico (Genoa-Milan high-speed railway) could however break against the obstacle of the statute of limitations, which for the vast majority of disputes will start within the middle of next year.
The system by which the tenders were sorted by the general contractor identified by the state for the construction of the work was finished in the crosshairs of the prosecutor (53 km of which 37 underground, worth more than 6 billion).
Everything revolves around Cociv, a consortium originally formed by Salini-Impregilo, a water pipeline company and Civ, the general contractor, which managed a flood of public money.
In particular, a phone call with the former president Cociv Michele Longo (who was also indicted) is engaging Salini.
The first asked to exclude his cousin Claudio, who had left the family business in 2005 to create an independent one and then died in a car accident, and the second reassured him.
Salini remarked that "in all the disputed conversations reference is made to contracts that are now non-modifiable: there will be a way to demonstrate good faith during the process".